In 1607, when Captain John Smith led ships to the mouth of the James River, he could never anticipate that Booker T. Washington would later establish a remarkable HBCU in the city to become Hampton.

History
Local history begins with the Powhattan Tribe of Pocahontas

Cultural Sites
The oldest museum of African American art in the United States is hosted on an HBCU

Heritage Sites
The lighthouse in Old Point Comfort is where free & enslaved Africans arrived in 1619

Shop & Gallery
Art By Gerome is a fantastic resident artist-studio gallery located downtown

Innkeeper & Spas
Magnolia House is Queen Anne-style constructed in the late 1800s by a wealthy couple

General Attractions
Opened in 1966, an educational & research museum preserves many things to love about Hampton